Synonyms for make face

Grammar : Verb

Spell : feys

Phonetic Transcription : feɪs

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Définition of make face

Origin : late 13c., "front of the head," from Old French face (12c.) "face, countenance, look, appearance," from Vulgar Latin *facia (cf. Italian faccia), from Latin facies "appearance, form, figure," and secondarily "visage, countenance;" probably related to facere "to make" (see factitious).
Replaced Old English andwlita (from root of wlitan "to see, look") and ansyn, the usual word (from the root of seon "see"). In French, the use of face for "front of the head" was given up 17c. and replaced by visage (older vis), from Latin visus "sight." To lose face (or save face), 1876, is said to be from Chinese tu lien. Face value was originally (1878) of bank notes, postage stamps, etc.

As in scowl : verb frown
As in wince : verb draw back
As in grimace : verb make a pained expression

Example sentences :

What is it then you do to make face against the necessities of life?
Extract from : « The Pigeon (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

With a needle, Monsieur, I would soon have with what to make face against the world.
Extract from : « The Pigeon (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

Behind this lies a piece of knavery, or the sun must make face against midnight.
Extract from : « Poems of The Third Period » by Friedrich Schiller

He and the American painter were as identical as models struck from one die in the lines and angles that make face and figure.
Extract from : « The Key to Yesterday » by Charles Neville Buck

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